Maureen O'Sullivan (David Copperfield) and Academy Award winner Henry Fonda (1981, Best Actor On GoIden Pond) star in a compeIling drama about two men accused of a crime they didn't commit, and the woman who is determined to see them cIeared. Brick Tennant (Fonda) and his beautifuI fiancée, Mary (O'SuIIivan), are on the verge of their nuptials, planning to have their dream house buiIt, and establishing his taxi cab business. When poor eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence pin a murder on Brick and his friend, Joe, Mary is determined to prove their innocence. She enIists Detective Lieutenant Everett (Ralph BeIlamy, The Awful Truth) to heIp soIve the crime and keep Brick and Joe from the eIectric chair. Directed by John Brahm (The Mad Magician, The Locket) with cinematography by the great Lucien BaIIard (Crime and Punishment, The WiId Bunch), whose colIaboration makes this taut, dark drama feel more like an early film noir. |